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EducationInfrastructureNewsNigeriaContractor Assures Completion of Hostels in Unical Ahead Resumption

PilotnewsJanuary 23, 2021

CALABAR — The Contractor handling the renovation work at the female and male hostels in the University of Calabar, Mr. Signor Kanu, has given assurance that the work would be delivered on time and according to specification. This is as the University has announced Feb. 5 as the date of resumption for academic activities. While conducting newsmen round the ongoing work around the hostels, Kanu said that the decay was too much, coupled with the...

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InfrastructureNewsNigeriaEnugu State Residents To Enjoy Adequate Portable Water As Government Commence Rehabilitation Of 9th Mile Crash Programme

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)January 23, 2021

Determined to ensure adequate supply of potable water from Oji River, Ajali and Iva water schemes to Enugu metropolis, the Enugu State Government has awarded N600million contract for comprehensive rehabilitation of the 9th Mile Crash Programme Water Supply Scheme to FordMarx Nigeria Limited. “The 9th Mile Crash Programme is a network of twelve (12) boreholes connected to a massive pumping station and a mini treatment plant that will reticulate water to Enugu metropolis through transmission...

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InfrastructureNewsNigeriaGov. Wike Donates N500m to Sokoto State

PilotnewsJanuary 20, 2021

Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Wednesday donated N500 million to support the Sokoto State Government in rebuilding the Sokoto Central Market ravaged by fire on Tuesday morning. Wike who visited the scene of the market inferno barely 24 hours after the disaster, expressed shock and dismay over the incident. Gov. Aminu Tambuwal’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Malam Muhammad Bello, disclosed this in a statement in Sokoto on Wednesday. The Rivers governor said...

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InfrastructureLocal GovernmentNewsNigeriaAbandoned Rural Electrification Project In Adamawa Receives Government Attention

PilotnewsJanuary 19, 2021

Construction of the Rural Electrification Project in Bille of Demsa Local Government Area, Adamawa state abandoned for years was flag off, thereby connecting the Community to the National grid. Speaking during the event, a Member representing Numan, Demsa, and Lamurde Constituency in the Federal House of Representatives Barr Kwamoti Laaori who facilitates work on the project said the project was one of the requests by the Community. Represented by the Adamawa State Commissioner for Entrepreneurship,...

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InfrastructureNational DevelopmentNewsNigeriaLagos-Ibadan Expressway Ready in December – Director

PilotnewsJanuary 17, 2021

Mr Funsho Adebiyi, Nigeria’s Coordinating Director, Highway Construction and Rehabilitation has said that the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway will be completed and totally opened to traffic in December. Adebiyi, who spoke against the backdrop of an inspection tour of the ongoing Lagos-Ibadan Expressway rehabilitation and reconstruction project, said the dual carriageway would be completed, but the bridges would be completed in April 2022. He reaffirmed the completion figures earlier presented by Mr Adedamola Kuti, the Director, Federal...

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InfrastructureNewsNigeriaEnugu State Earmarks N2.5b For Construction Of Abandoned International Conference Center Project

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)January 15, 2021

The Commissioner Ministry of Budget and Planning, Ugwunta David Okelue has revealed that the Enugu State 2021 budget made provision of N2.5b for the construction and landscaping of the International Conference Centre, ICC, project embarked on by the Chimaroke Nnamani administration. The Commissioner made this known on Thursday during a briefing organized by the Ministry to acquaint the press with an in-depth analysis of the 2021 Appropriation Law of Enugu; the 2021 budget breakdown. Ugwunta...

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CoronavirusInfrastructureNewsNigeriaPharmacists Tell FG To Consider Poor Electricity, Storage Facilities Before Purchasing COVID-19 Vaccines

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)January 15, 2021

The President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa, has cautioned the Federal Government to consider Nigeria’s poor electricity situation and storage facilities before procuring the COVID-19 vaccines. The pharmacist said this in an interview with a Nigerian print media on Thursday. In his opinion, it is best for the country to buy vaccines suitable for its existing storage facilities. Last week, the Federal Government was reported to be expecting 100,000 doses of...

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CoronavirusHealthInfrastructureNewsNigeriaNEWS ANALYSIS: COVID-19 pandemic Opportunity to Upgrade Nigeria’s Public Health Infrastructure—Osinbajo

PilotnewsJanuary 14, 2021

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says the COVID-19 pandemic provides an opportunity to improve on public health infrastructure in Nigeria. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, said the vice-president held a virtual meeting with top government officials and some Nigerian scientists working on public health dimensions of the pandemic. The vice-president said the pandemic also offered a platform for the training of required experts, adding that governments should be doing more in...

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InfrastructureNewsNigeriaRural Development: “Ugwuanyi Has Given Us Sense Of Belonging,” Says Ugwuomu Nike Community

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)January 13, 2021

The Enugu State Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi on Tuesday inaugurated the 12km Ugwuomu Nike-GO Uni Road amidst jubilation of the Ugwomu Nike people and the Godfery Okoye University community. The newly completed Ugwuomu Nike-Godfrey Okoye University road transverses the Emene and Ugwuomu Nike communities both in Enugu East Local Government Area. In his speech, Ugwuanyi stated that his administration is interested more in rural development as infrastructural development in the rural will not only stimulate local...

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InfrastructureNewsNigeriaTelecommunicationNCC Clears Air on Speculations of Impending Mass Disconnection of Telephone Subscribers

PilotnewsJanuary 7, 2021

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has cleared the air on speculations of impending mass disconnection of telephone subscribers. The NCC said the speculations arose as a result of numerous publications in both the print and electronic media on the ongoing linkage of SIM registration records with the National Identity Number (NIN). NCC Director, Public Affairs, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, made the clarification in a statement he issued late Wednesday in Abuja. “Most of these publications are...

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